Cooper's Hawk at Work

While at work today a lady came through our drive thru and said there was a baby owl in a tree. Obviously, this got me excited and I went outside looking. I knew that there wouldn't be any baby owls this time of year but I was thinking there might be one of the smaller species, such as Screech Owl.

It turned out the "baby owl" was an adult Cooper's Hawk. The hawk was only feet from our drive thru lane. I had my camera in the car and ran over to get it. The hawk was more than happy to pose until a car that had a barking dog came by. The light was perfect and the bird was close. I will probably never get better photos of a Cooper's Hawk than I got today.

Plenty more photos below